Final 10 days - Playa, Puebla and Veracruz

18/4 - Still in Playa del Carmen
Lovin the yogurts for breakfast! and cheap as! A really lovely day so me and lana went down to the beach for a few hours getting the tannage in! Sea is amazingly blue today, sure the best beaches ive seen on my whole trip. Thinking if all the plane stuff is over it;s Lanas last night tonight so we went down to Fusion restaurant on the beach and as it was such a nice eve and still light we managed to get seats out on the sand with tapas and wine whilst a reggae band were playing they were so good! Real nice evening, Stefan and christian just happened to turn up. (bit different to the other night in the torrential rain!)

19/4
So Lana was meant to leave this morning, got myself all set up for her going not really looking forward to the next few days while i'll be by myself and then her colleagues managed to do something with her flights to postpone til the end of the week. So woohoo i had company today and had McDs on the beach! First time for everything.

20/4
Skyped mum rubbish headphones tho-not good convo. Soooo hot again so more beach time, went in the sea full on gorge. Beer and peanuts by the pool,nothing much else going on. Random kebab/mexican on the corner had well nice tosta for tea for a bargain 30 pesos!!....and Lana is still here!

21/4
We walked along the beach, the other direction away from the hotels and did silly photos. Lana left at 7pm after tea eventually with horendous flights changing 3 times but at least she will get home. Sad to say bye to her after nearly 3 weeks of being together but i leave tomorrow so all is cool!
Went and met Kathys friend Otho who is gonna get me from Puebla airport to her house 2mro! funneee and especially with his pigeon english! but he sweet all the same.

22/4 - Puebla
Woohoo finally i leave Playa today, thought shouldn't complain the beach is amazing!!...more internet time, mcds then bus up to Cancun airport. Chaos at the airport so many english stranded still! So my flight isnt the same as Kathys mate as we thought it must have been so jst met him at the other end at tiny Puebla airport, we landed like 2 minutes apart. Off we went his parents picked us up. Kathy wanted to show me his house cos its so amazing looks like a hotel - they are defo the rich mexicans! Then we went to hers and met her mum who is crazy, but very caring! Just crashed really in a nice room! Nice to have to worry about what i'm doing now for the next few days.

23/4 - Veracruz, Casitas
I spent the morning in town while Kathy worked..after the biggest 'english' breakfast haha! Really cool recognising it all after having been there a few weeks ago. Really nice day too. Then we went back her mum fed us a massive lunch and we drove over to her friend Maries house to go off on the 4 hour road trip. We had a private driver and all the girls were really nice. We evntually arrive all knkrd but the girls cooked us up some mexican special and we had a few beers then on to vodka and drinking games down by the sea. ...gentlemen haha

24/4
Quesadillas for breakfast!..not likeing the look of all the wraps teh girls had brought i later learn that these are flour ones which are nice and taste normal apazza its the corn ones which are rank!! And nice cheese too for a change. We jst chilled on the beach for a little while, black sand so different to Playa. Then by the pool really good weather and the girls made us all Micheladas - beer and tomato juice with lime and salt actually very yummy!!..some dodgy meat for tea tho. I avoided that and stuck with the chilli salsas and tortillas with salad. We popped out earring shopping and then had drinks outside and played Kathys myming game!

25/4
Bit of time in the sun before the driver came to get us, then we headed to a seafood restaurant just up the road where i was a bit sceptical but had a mexican prawn cocktail, massive prawns in some kind of dodgy tomatoe sauce thing with chips lol!...still a really nice end to a great weekend!
Crazy drivers on th roads back, then Kathy tells me there is no driving test in Mexico!!maaan they all teach themselves! Glad i didnt know that before. Arrived back and of course Kathys mum and lots of food ready for us...chicken with mushrooms and rice-omg best meal ive had for ages! such a nice change to some of this mexican stuff...cos of course she is Russian!

26/4
Up early to go into town with Kathy, still so tired. Lots of omelette and quesadillas for breakfast - her mum jst loves feeding us! bless! I got on the tour bus, wasn;t sure if i would but got a discount price so was well worth it. Puebla really is so pretty. Plus i wanted to make the most of my last day there! I managed to find some Talavera patterned bowls that Puebla is famous for, just gotta get them home!! I also got some hairbands that i was after and scarves for me mum and kathy - everything i wanted! Had a couple of beers in the sun whilst i was waiting for Kathy to finish work. Today has flown by! Chatted with Marina and Andre ( kathys parents) about my whole trip they are just fascinated! Later me and Kathy went and met Ricardo at a french restaurant, i had been looking forward to this all day! How ironic for it to be french! V exciting to see Ricardo again. A fantastic evening, they treated me so nice, such a lovely lovely end to my travels they really have spoilt me.

27/4
I got up to say bye to Kathy, her mum fussing and running around (like usual lol) Quite sad saying bye after a week or so but hopefully she will come to England one day. Her parents took me to the bus station - blimey her dads driving was even worse than hers didnt think that was possible!!! They just chatted and made sure all was cool. I arrived at the hotel and Mexico City airport early arvo - bit too early really but i was ready to leave Puebla i guess. Jst sat and watched football then went and got a few beers, had my last meal in a restaurant by myself!!! That really wasn't that nice! Palarva with the jacuzzi, thought an hour chillin up there would pass the evening but it took an hour and half to fill up!!!-what a joke i really wasnt interested by the time came and it was cold with no bubbles!!!aarghhh!! funny tho to be fair!
Back to the room and Kathy rang to make sure i had arrived fine. Can't believe this day has come!!! The eve of flying home! and why am always surprised to arrive everywhere in one piece with my bag?!!

28/4
So restless in the room jst wanna get out of here now - i have spent longer than anticipated in there! As exciting as it was to arrive at the airport the night before. I could have jst come up from Puebla. Got to the airport in loads of time too.....a McDs!! London here I come!!! Feel like i'm gonna look so different to everyone!! Blimey it's the end of the most amazing 6 and half months ever!! All the places, all the people, all the hostels - radiooooooo!